Jack the Giant Slayer (movie)

'Iron Man 3' crushes overseas, but can it topple 'Avengers'?

2013-05-02 11:21:00

Is “Iron Man 3” as steely as “The Avengers?” The highly anticipated Marvel-Disney sequel opens domestically this weekend, a week after the Tony Stark update grossed nearly $200 million in its overseas premiere -- a faster start...

'Skyfall's' Sam Mendes won't direct next Bond movie

2013-03-06 11:00:00

Sam Mendes wasn’t exactly quoting a James Bond title — “Never Say Never Again” — but it does appear that the filmmaker behind the highest-grossing 007 movie won’t be back in the Bond director’s chair any time...

‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ snuffed out at box office

2013-03-04 09:03:36

'Twilight' DVD sales off to fast start

2013-03-05 09:23:00

DVD shoppers can’t get enough of “Twilight.” In its first weekend of release, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” sold an estimated 3.85 million DVDs, better than the home entertainment debut of the first...

Harvard's Hasty Pudding Institute fetes Sony's Michael Lynton

2013-03-05 16:48:00

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Institute honored Sony Pictures Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Lynton with its first-ever “Order of the Golden Sphinx” award Monday night at Manhattan’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Lynton was singled...

'Jack the Giant Slayer' is slayed. Will 'Oz' be great and powerful?

2013-03-04 06:20:00

After the coffee. Before yet another flight back to Los Angeles. The Skinny: I've said it before and I'll say it again. AMC's "The Walking Dead" could have worked on broadcast TV. The show has very little sex and language issues, and the gore could be...

Sundance announces summer festival for experimental works

2013-03-04 10:00:00

The Sundance Film Festival will showcase some of its more experimental features in a new mini-festival in West Hollywood this summer. Called Next Weekend, the Aug. 8-11 event will include screenings, panel discussions and parties, and will be...

'The Hobbit' tops $1-billion mark in worldwide box-office sales

2013-03-03 14:06:00

Warner Bros.' New Line division may be let down over the underwhelming opening of its big-budget "Jack the Giant Slayer," but the company has something to celebrate: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" crossed the $1-billion milestone Sunday. The...

Not-so-evil 'Dead': Is horror the new action?

2013-04-08 08:36:00

People who offer their Monday-morning quarterback opinions in spaces like this -- yours truly included -- like to parse every number, every success or failure, for a larger meaning. And sometimes you have to look pretty hard to see a trend. Other times,...

The Flixies: Netflix awards aim to honor fan-favorite programming

2013-02-28 16:23:02

'Jack the Giant Slayer': Five lessons from a box-office bomb

2013-03-04 07:00:00

If it's March, it must be an effects-driven dud. Nearly a year after Disney's "John Carter" crashed to earth, bringing an executive down with it, a different fantasy-heavy film fell mightily at the box office this weekend. Nominally based on the myth of...

International box office revenues soared in 2012, MPAA reports

2013-03-21 13:15:00

Hollywood remains a hot global commodity, according to a new industry report. Global movie ticket sales soared to new heights last year, climbing 6% to $34.7 billion, fueled mainly by growth in international box office revenue, according to a report...

The "Jack the Giant Slayer" director gave a $5-million gift in 2013 to the School of Cinematic Arts.

2013-05-14 21:31:51

Nicholas Hoult stars in "Jack the Giant Slayer," which had a disappointing opening weekend at the box office.

2013-03-03 07:42:53

PG-13; 1:54 running time Singer, director of the better "X-Men" pictures and the densely plotted "Usual Suspects," boasts an extravagant imagination and a welcome touch of seriousness when traffic-managing a complex physical production. Here, though, the seriousness turns heavy-spirited.

2013-02-28 08:34:00